Material Artist

Future Opportunities – Join Our Talent Pool

At Streamline Studios, we are always on the lookout for exceptional talent to join our team. While we are not actively hiring for this role at the moment and do not have an immediate vacancy, we recognize that our industry is fast-growing, and the right opportunities can arise at any time.
 
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may not reach out to you immediately. However, when a suitable opportunity becomes available, we will review applications and contact you should your skills and experience align with our needs.
 
If you're interested in being considered for future opportunities and want to be part of our talent pool, we encourage you to submit your information. We appreciate your interest in Streamline Studios and look forward to connecting when the time is right!

About Us

Streamline is a creative development studio specializing in full video game development, game publishing, interactive digital assets, and metaverse creation. We provide experienced professionals to help bring the most demanding projects from concept all the way through production with our technical knowledge of established industry standards for high-performance results along every step. That means when you come to work at Streamline, expect to be challenged like you’ve never been challenged before.

We are a games company, a creative company, and people who work fast under pressure—a productive attitude is critical to a high-functioning team. Our goal is to keep the process straightforward.

Description

Reporting to the Lead Artist and/or Art Director(s), the Texture/Material Artist works within a team of artists to create textures and/or materials necessary for monthly content pushes and milestones. The Texture/Material artist’s main responsibilities will be creating Textures/Materials for a wide range of subject matter and styles.

Texture/Material Artist is able to maintain and manage high levels of quality while working in a rapid, rigorous, and timely manner; has advanced / intermediate texturing experience in addition to knowledge of art processes and production pipeline.

Note: For this position, we require on-site presence.

Responsibilities

• To visualize and create Textures/Materials in a way that contributes to the overall visual quality of the production.
• Working efficiently and effectively within technical constraints of a production while generating high-quality artwork that matches (or) exceeds studios standards.
• Communicates regularly with the Lead Artist regarding the status of current tasks; obtains Lead Artists guidance and approval as required to advance tasks, project initiatives and milestones.
• Contributing effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Assist in maintaining consistency and quality of textures output with the Leads and Art Director.
• Familiarizing and learning to use proprietary technologies or software necessary.
• Refine personal artistic abilities and knowledge of new software packages and in-house tools constantly.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of procedural Texture/Material techniques and optimization, able to create tiling and unique textures representing a variety of material types.
• Expert level proficiency in texture software packages including but not limited to - Substance Suite (Designer & Painter).
• Knowledge of PBR and physically based material standards
• Knowledge about how material blending systems work.
• Able to produce materials in a wide variety of styles, themes and biomes.
• Proficiency with Blender/3DSMax/Maya, Photoshop and/or Zbrush.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and staff to create results driven, team-oriented environment.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 4/5 and able to adapt with different game engines according to the project.
• Understanding of In-engine lighting and able to apply to modern rendering technique.

Beneficial Skills

• Traditional Art Skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Love playing video games!